International Reports

(Kielce) On a beaut day, after a long, cold winter, Polish fellow initiates were excited and enthusiastic to attend a festival in Kielce, situated in the southern part of Poland. The exhibition this time was held in the city's cultural center.

On the day of the exhibition, the weather was warm and the keen citizens of Kielce thronged to the festival with high spirits, as if their intuition had alerted them that Supreme Master Ching Hai's holy love had arrived.

The Supreme Master Ching Hai booth was beautifully located in the middle of the hall. A television, displaying Master wearing an extraordinarily magnificent dress and with a loving voice, drew the attention of the visitors. Many people revisited the booth many times.

There was one young Polish man who, after receiving the sample booklet and reading only a few pages, happily said that his longing had now came true; he immediately registered to learn the Convenient Method. The next day, he came back with a friend who also registered to learn the Convenient Method.

There was another Polish person. After having received the sample booklet, he was so happy that he almost shed tears, and emotionally exclaimed that the Quan Yin Method is so good and precious but why did it take so long to come to his country. There were also many young girls and boys, so cute and innocent in their parents' arms, staring at Master's picture as if they had known Her for a long, long time.

The festival organizer also happily came to purchase Master's tapes. From the loud speaker, the voices of disciples' singing their own spiritual songs in praise of Master could be heard, touching people's hearts. After that, a lot of people came to purchase Master's tapes and pictures, and also registered to learn the Convenient Method. Master's beauty and graceful appearance leaves a perfect impression in the heart of the Polish people. Almost all of the visitors went home feeling contented, having received the sample booklets.

Thank You, Master, for Your loving blessings and for bringing the heavenly message -- the Quan Yin method -- to Poland. Polish fellow initiates sincerely hope to spread Your teachings more intensively. We also hope that, under Your guidance, all sentient beings will get out of the suffering cycle of transmigration and be liberated.

Our fellow practitioners took advantage of this opportunity to exhibit Master's books to this big crowd. We established direct contact with many communication professionals interested in spiritual cultivation and also are connected with reporters from "Book Fair Magazine" to disseminate Supreme Master Ching Hai's teachings.

Many people visited our booth daily. Many also asked the same question, "When will Supreme Master Ching Hai come to France?" Obviously, Master's power has attracted these people. Young and old, different racial backgrounds, cultures and nationalities, they are all longing for Master's coming. Our neighbor, Amnesty International, was especially keen on this and later became our good friend.

There were many touching interludes during the Book Fair. A young man named Marc accompanied a blind lady to our booth. After carefully reading Master's sample booklet at home, he was so deeply moved by Her teachings that he visited our booth a second time. He told us how wonderful it would be if his blind friends could hear Master's voice, and that he would like to become Master's instrument for this purpose. (Several years ago, Marc founded an association that focuses on promoting art, literature and movies for the blind.) He is now waiting to be initiated. We sincerely hope that his dream will come true soon.

There was another gentleman, working in the 'French Culture' radio station, who visited our booth almost daily. He purchased many of Master's books and videos and even took some issues of the Supreme Master Ching Hai News magazine; he was deeply impressed by Master and Her teachings. Later, we contacted him and learned from his colleagues that he has been continuously introducing Master to his audience in his broadcasting programs. He is longing for Her visit to France. Meanwhile, some publishers requested to publish all of Master's books. There was one publisher who is highly interested in Master's book "I Have Come To Take You Home". Furthermore, the American Library in Paris became familiarized with Master's publications, thanks to the Book Fair. It now has "I Have Come To Take You Home" in its collection for the public to appreciate. Quite a few radio and TV station reporters have asked us to inform them when Master comes to France next time.

At the conclusion of the Book Fair, many people came to ask for issues of the Supreme Master Ching Hai News and to register for the Convenient Method, to join our big Quan Yin family. Even though Master was not here in person, Her heavenly love awakened many souls. Our fellow practitioners are all joyful and grateful to Master for giving them this precious opportunity to learn the holy lesson. We all deeply appreciate Master's heavenly love.

Hong Kong, a modern commercial city, was like a cultural desert until God showered it with blessed nectar rain. In the middle of May, fellow initiates held an exhibition of the prints of Master's paintings at Hong Kong's Art-Land Stationary Limited Inc.'s gallery.

In the prosperous commercial area of Hong Kong, it was difficult to find a place to hold the exhibition. Even if there was a place available, the cost for renting such a place would be too expensive. However, under God's miraculous arrangement, a special art exhibition called "Become One With the Universe" was held. This exhibition caused a sensational stir among Hong Kong's circle of artists. Art-Land Limited Inc., located in a prosperous area of Hong Kong, is the largest company for canvas painting equipment in Hong Kong. Aside from those who admire Master and friends of fellow initiates, a lot of professional advertisers and artists attended the exhibition as well. Everyone who attended could not help being drawn to Master's paintings because of their extremely bright and luminous appearance, invoking in them the feeling of being one with nature. They were full of Zen. From time to time, people asked when would the next art exhibition of Master's prints be held. They kept requesting the fellow initiates to inform them of the next art exhibition so they could attend it also. In the newspaper, the art critics commented and praised Master's harmonious painting techniques that reflect this great practitioner's inner feelings and high level.

During the exhibition, a lot of people inquired about Master and the Quan Yin Method, especially the owner of Art-Land Limited Inc., who sincerely wanted to know about Master's teachings in great details. After having seen Master's paintings, some people applied for initiation along with their children.

In the bright and clean gallery, with Master's celestial music playing in the background, the atmosphere was peaceful and uplifting. The three dimensional effects of the paintings were very vivid and eye-catching. The fellow initiates who were on duty at the exhibition felt Master's grace and enjoyed the feeling of merging into the universe, like entering a beautiful heaven.

When the organizer of the event heard about our need of a long electrical cord to reach our booth to play Master's videotapes, he allowed us to put our information booth next to our food booth. This way, the public could conveniently visit the information table and get their food at the same time.

Our intention, besides introducing the Quan Yin Method, was to introduce to the public the variety of vegetarian products that are available which one can cook by oneself. The food cooked this time were splendid in flavor, looks and aroma, attracting an enormous crowd, to the surprise of the cooking team. While in line, Master's sample booklets were happily distributed to the visitors. Many people with affinity immediately became interested in reading it.

Some people, after learning that Supreme Master Ching Hai's noodles were free, came back for more with their friends. Even cooks from the other booths came over for some. During these hours, we supplied more than a thousand servings of noodles, more than what we had anticipated previously. There were a few that loved the food so much that they asked if we offered any cooking classes. Initially, the people were attracted by the vegetarian food, but later many became interested in Master's teachings and signed up to receive the free bi-monthly Supreme Master Ching Hai News magazine.

Master has often said that through meditation and work, we learn, grow, and mature into wiser people. All the brothers and sisters who participated know this to be true. Not only that, throughout the entire project we were amazed and surprised to experience these things, no matter how big or small. Then, we knew You were always there, Master!

San Diego, CA > At the Whole Life Expo, a visitor stopped by the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association's booth. He watched the video lecture, and suddenly asked, "Who is the lady on the TV? Her lecture made a lot of sense." The San Diego disciples in attendance informed him about Supreme Master Ching Hai and Her wise teachings, as well as Her charitable works such as helping the ill, the homeless and the disaster victims, etc., all over the world.

Another woman stood motionless in front of the TV set, holding a booklet on immediate enlightenment in her hands, nodding, "A very beautiful lecture! Who is that lady?" Since she was so sincere and want to know more about Master that a disciple explained to her the Quan Yin method of light and sound, and the correct way of keeping a vegetarian diet, spiritually as well as physically.

egu> Recently, the Taegu Center held a vegetarian buffet for the instructors and guards in the Kiong Chu Prison. Normally, the nuns and monks in Korea do not keep a vegetarian diet, the prison authorities thought that our practicing group was also non-vegetarian; therefore, the fellow initiates wanted to hold a vegetarian buffet. The results were beyond their expectation.

Afterward, many people decided to become vegetarian because this buffet gave them a lot of different examples and showed them many methods of preparing delicious vegetarian food. They wanted the fellow initiates to give them the recipes, and also inquired at length about our group. The prison officials were so impressed that they were able to open up and express their friendliness. The instructors and commissioner also asked us to provide some of Master's videotapes for the prisoners.

Recently, religious groups and government organizations sponsored a sporting event for the prisoners; so the officials and commissioner asked us to provide another opportunity for them to taste the vegetarian food. In addition, on the same day of the sporting event, we were also invited to show Master's videos and provide another vegetarian buffet for the public. As a result, all of the Korean Centers decided to come together to prepare the meal for the prisoners. Thanks to Master's arrangement, an initiate from Hong Kong happened to be at the Korean Center and was able to teach the Korean initiates more ways of cooking vegetarian food, thereby providing additional help.

After showing the public Master's videos and providing them with a vegetarian meal, fellow initiates then went to the prison to prepare the vegetarian buffet. During their work, all the initiates felt Master's great blessing energy and love, and hundreds of guests felt astonished that they could eat such delicious vegetarian food. They asked us if we had a professional chef or cook, and if we were willing to teach them how to prepare vegetarian food. The officials were grateful and said that because of our group's assistance, they often get encouragement and praises.

After the meal, fellow initiates did not feel tired at all and even played a soccer game with the prisoners in which the initiates won. After the game, the fellow initiates gave their prize to the prisoners -- the prison was full of Master's blessing power and great love.

In the Chong Shong Prison, dozens of prisoners were fortunate enough to have heard of Master's teachings before. There was even one prisoner who, after being a vegetarian and practicing the Convenient Method for a while, felt very healthy mentally and physically. He was truly touched and wished he had known of the method earlier.

From that moment on, he decided to live a life according to Master's teachings. He also wished that this would influence people to help others know and realize how good Master's teachings are. Currently, many people in the prison have learned the Convenient Method, and the rest are trying to become vegetarians. They all wish to join the Quan Yin family.

On the first day of the exhibition, some newspaper reporters came to inquire about Master and Her teachings and requested interviews with Master. On the second day of the exhibition, television stations also requested interviews. During the exhibition, fellow initiates told the press that Master's merciful action was admired by the leaders and people in various countries. Master's bronze statue, awarded during the World Spiritual Leadership Ceremony, was also displayed along with photos of Ching Hai Day celebrations, and the fans, pottery, lamps, Celestial Clothing and Celestial Jewelry designed by Her. In order to do a report for the public, these reporters kept asking for more information, as if they had been in the desert for a long time and thirsty for the seasonal rain.

Though not having a big population, Macao has a lot of local people who are sincerely longing for the Truth. Master's blessing power was very strong in the exhibition hall. The guests kept praising Her talents when they looked at Her photos and painting. After viewing them, they also had the opportunity to taste delicious vegetarian food and watch Her video lectures. They all had delightful smiles on their faces when they left the exhibition hall. They even asked us when the next exhibition would be.

Some of them even told us that they missed yesterday's showing because they were unaware that an exhibition was being held. They felt sorry since they could only see Master's videotapes for two hours. In order to satisfy their inquisitiveness about Her teachings, fellow initiates gave them the address of the Center. Fellow initiates also invited them to go there whenever they felt like watching Master's videotapes; free of charge, of course. Contented, they finally left. However, they kept repeating, "How strange! Why is everything free?"

Selfless devotion is Master's deep teaching to the Quan Yin family. We hope more people can have the opportunity to join this "free-of-charge" family.

Winnipeg, Manitoba was the first of the locations designated to hold conferences about Master and Her teachings, because this place has many disciples who attend group meditation and who have already spread the Truth to others.

After advertising the event for several days, fellow initiates held their first conference at a university. Most of the participants had been practicing other meditation methods, but they all showed great interest in the Quan Yin Method.

Next, we went to Regina, Saskatchewan the hometown of a fellow practitioner. His parents were not initiated, but they had come a long way to help with the preparations for the conference, which was to be held in a church. The participants were all sincere and open to new ideas.

After Regina, we then went on to the beautiful city of Saskatoon, also in Saskatchewan. A large river passes through the city, and the residents there are kind and polite, eminating a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere. In a very short period of time, fellow initiates found a location for the conference, and distributed many pamphlets and sample booklets to create affinity with the local people. Being able to share Master's holy teachings with these kind people, everyone's heart was filled with joy.

(Bangkok) There was an International Jewelry Fair held in Bangkok. Master's masterpieces -- the S.M. Celestial Jewelry -- brilliantly radiated the heavenly glory, attracted the eyes of every visitor. As they were enjoying these rare and precious works of art, the Thai practitioners truly hoped that the designer -- Master, would pay the S.M. Celestial Jewelry booth a visit.

Due to the disciples' sincerely longing, Master appeared at the exhibition and the Bangkok group meditation to satisfy the disciples' longing hearts. She cordially spoke with the Thai fellow initiates. When She learned that some fellow initiates had to take many hours to come to the group meditations everyday, because their homes were quite far away, She was really touched by their sincerity. For example, the entire to and from trip takes one disciple six hours. Master rewarded her perseverance by giving her the silver bracelet from Her own arm.

All the disciples were very moved by Master's kindness and love. That lucky sister respectfully bowed to Master and said that the Master's manifestation form comes to see her at home everyday. Master laughed and said, "The Master doesn't need three hours to travel because it is the transformation body of the Master." The disciple whose home is far from the meditation place, was given the very rare opportunity to sit with Master in Her car. Master answered all their questions cordially and intimately. And later treated them with a vegetarian dinner in a famous hotel.

Because of the sincere eagerness of the disciples, a few days later, Master also kindly came to visit our fellow initiates at the group meditation again. This time, She wore the bright red embroidered blouse and a traditional Thai long skirt. She looked so beautiful, just like a heavenly Queen. Master talked with the disciples, answered their questions, and gave them many helpful tips on how to practice in their daily lives, reminding them that they should always introspect themselves and put the teachings into practice. She continued to say that, we should not fear anything and we should have faith in God, that all the things that we receive are the best for us. Whenever we have problems and need God to guide us, we should be calm and pray in silence. Then, we will receive the answers. Sometimes, we will feel that we suddenly know the answers by ourselves. These are the answers we should follow.

We thank You, Master, for Your kindness and for fulfilling the longing desires of the Thai disciples. You've suffered for the traffic jam in Bangkok. Your motherly love and patience deeply touched Your Thai's children.